Item B4BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: __May 18, 2011_______ Division: ____BOCC_3___________________
Bulk Item: ____ No X Department: ___Mayor Heather Carruthers____
Staff Contact /Phone #: _Carol Schreck_______
305-292-3430
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation proclaiming May 25, 2011 as Missing Children’s Day in
Monroe County, Florida.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
See attached proclamation
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DISPOSITION:AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 7/09
MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY in MONROE COUNTY
May 25, 2011
WHEREAS,
between 1979 and 1981 a series of high profile missing children
cases became national headlines. Three such cases contributed to the shock of the
nation’s consciousness bringing attention to the seriousness of child victimization and
forever changing the response by law enforcement agencies to reports of missing
children; and
WHEREAS
, on the average 797,500 children under the age of 18 are reported
missing every year. Of that number, 203,900 are family abductions, 58,200 are non-
family abductions, and 115 are victims of stereotypical kidnapping; and
WHEREAS
, when a child is reported missing, there is a three hour golden
opportunity to locate that child alive; and
WHEREAS,
76.2 percent of abducted children who are murdered are dead within
three hours of the abduction; and
WHEREAS,
Monroe County has four Child Abduction Response teams. One of
their goals is to educate the community on the importance of calling 911 the moment a
child is missing. Moreover, when a child is reported missing, to allocate all of its
available resources to recover the child alive; and
WHEREAS
, National Missing Children’s Day, May 25, 2011, raises awareness of
the effort to bring missing children home safely while also highlighting the importance of
proactive education programs,
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, Heather Carruthers, by virtue of the power vested in me
as Mayor of Monroe County, Florida, hereby proclaim May 25, 2011 as
“MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY in MONROE COUNTY”
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Dated this 18 day of May, 2011
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Heather Carruthers, Mayor